Another interesting game in the Primera Division. Santos de Guápiles is in the 7th position after playing five matches. They welcome San Carlos who are placed 4th after six games.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting San Carlos have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-5-11 (win-draw-loss) from 26 matches.
Santos de Guápiles form and stats
Seven points from three Primera Division home games is a great start for Santos de Guápiles, who are hoping to build on that form here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar.
The fans are hoping that Santos de Guápiles will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Primera Division game against Deportivo Saprissa (placed 1st). Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against UCR.
Heartbreak for Santos de Guápiles in their last match as Deportivo Saprissa's M. Angulo scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primera Division game versus Herediano in only four days. This game is also played here at Estadio Ebal Rodríguez Aguilar.
Santos de Guápiles has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Santos de Guápiles have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
San Carlos form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Primera Division away games so far for San Carlos with six points collected from three matches.
San Carlos's last game was the home draw against Alajuelense (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting ADR Jicaral's place.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the San Carlos manager L. Marín Murillo as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Cartaginés.
San Carlos are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As opposed to that, San Carlos have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Santos de Guápiles - San Carlos 1-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - four - five (Santos de Guápiles wins - draws - San Carlos wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. East 12 goals |   Á. Saborío Chacón 10 goals |  S. Matarrita González 3 goals |
Santos de Guápiles missing players
San Carlos missing players
| Santos de Guápiles | San Carlos | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 39 | 20 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 49 |
| 42 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 26 | 47 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 81% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 80% |
| 56% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 60% | 63% |
| 41% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 67% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 67% | 70% |
| 19% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 22% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 27% | 20% |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 154 | 74 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 98 | 183 |
| 61 | 28 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 45 | 92 |
| 64% | 71% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 42% | 52% |
- San Carlos has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- San Carlos haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Santos de Guápiles has the fewest conceded goals (3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Herediano | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | Grecia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | San Carlos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | ADR Jicaral | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Alajuelense | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Santos de Guápiles | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Perez Zeledon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Cartaginés | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Guadalupe | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | UCR | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Limón | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 1 |